Over the weekend, my kids and I had a long discussion about tactical decisions of time travel. How do you prioritize the years to visit? What do you wear to avoid attention? What does one do to prevent getting the bubonic plague? This morning, drinking my coffee, I found myself laughing at the @steak_umm Twitter feed. It appears I have woken up in an alternate reality filled with snarky, critical-thinking frozen meat products. We did not discuss how to prepare for this.
https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/1336348473713680385
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Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Also, look at:
https://covidtracking.com/data
The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
About the data:
https://covidtracking.com/about-data/visualization-guide
is the best resource to understand data visualization and data integrity.
Vaccine Tracker
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
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Dr. Bob Wachter from UCSF offered a comprehensive series of thoughts on the state of the pandemic. He captures the duality of hope and perseverance I have struggled to find.
https://twitter.com/bob_wachter/status/1364050143822057474?s=10
John Burn-Murdoch, the FT visualization guy, published some excellent graphs on the risk-reduction over time from the first and second doses of vaccine. Data is from Scotland and the U.K.
https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1363909203082018817?s=20
The New Yorker published a very detailed article exploring the variables and questions surrounding why the pandemic varies so much in different countries.
Here is a coffee-read. The interaction of genetics and susceptibility to the coronavirus from the BBC. There will be entire careers based on the learnings from the pandemic.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210219-the-covid-resistant-patients-e-the-viruss-weak-spots
And, in the Steak-umm reality I (apparently) occupy, I found myself watching the solemn milestone of 500,000 COVID deaths marked by the President on my TV and the newly released Perseverance Rover video on my phone. Simultaneously.
and
https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1363929492138254340?s=20
Infographic of the Day: Should You Trust that Doctor
https://twitter.com/marklewismd/status/1362843501470212096?s=20
Here is a handy guide for those with family members who may look to poorly-informed sources, such as
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90536
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What started as an infographic of the day has reminded me of how complex the world is. Learn about the Waggle Dance of Honeybees
http://vetsci.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dance-language-of-honey-bees-web.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggle_dance
Related (sort of), I highly recommend reading this book to your teenage children (and older) to help them learn animal physiology and biology. It combines science and embarrassment in one intellectually-sound package!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00846X144/ref=dp-kindle-redirect
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
